CVE-2008-4641
The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input.
02 Description
The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-10-21 16:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 73dd61ab93901f4bb39378dd9c533737ca1833622c2114af9be7134b9bdcdb60
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com31921http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31921
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081015 CVE request: jheadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081127 Re: CVE request: jheadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/26/4
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081016 Re: CVE request: jheadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081015 Re: CVE request: jheadhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jhead Fixed in 2.84-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jhead Fixed in 2.84-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jhead Fixed in 2.84-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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